Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-07
DR, M'GLyNN
Speaks 10 a Large Audience on s'The Cross of a New Crusade'-His ReIa- tfons With His Church-Features of His Address.

Speaks 10 a Large Audience on s'The
 Cross of a New Crusade"-His ReIa-
 tfons With His Church-Features of
 His Address.
 There was very large and highly inter ested audience at the Hyperion Theater last evening to hear Rev. Dr. Edward McGlynn deliver his lecture on "The Cross of New Crusade" The lecture was preceded by some excellent singing by the Ha1ugari Liedertafsl of this city, after which MT. Peter Lynch in troduced the speaker of the evening. Mir. Lynch said that Dr. McGlynn was no stran- ger to this city, because it was more than twenty years ago that his voice had been heard here in the pulpit of a church of God, whose minister he is. He spoke the truth on that occasion and he speaks the truth now. It was but few months ago that upon this same platform he paid an eloquent tribute to those who died in the defense of liberty. He has now become engaged in a new work-he has taken up the cross of new crusade He is, therefore, introduced to you as the friend of the poor and consequently the highest type of an American citizen.
 Great applause greeted Dr. McGlynn as he arose to address his audience. :'The new crusade" :" said he, lis against great wrong. It is the cause of liberty, equality and fra ternity. We are not 1aising an ensign against the cause of Christ, nor is it in my mind or heart to teach any doctrine contrary to the sacred truths that I have taught for many 8 long year from the pulpit of the holy Catholic church. I cannot do any thing contrary to the faith of my childhood It is the selfsame love of God which made me a priest that has made me desire to take up the cause of the oppressed. If I am speaking from the platform tonight it is not because I have voluntarily retired from the pulpit or would not most eagerly return to it. If I have to speak from the forum it is because for a time-and l am confident only for time-I have been for bidden to minister at the altar of my church. The prohibition placed upon me is only and simply mistake. The highest authority ot the church has never condemned the doc Urine preach, and never will.
 ssIt has always been the teaching of the church that her power to teach IS limited Reason and theology alike teach us how far the church can assume authority. God speaks to men through their reason as well as by revelation. Reason is the necessary perquisite to revelation. No revelation can have any effect that does not appeal to the reason. Any claimed revelation must ap- peal to reason, or it is not the true revela- tion, because the church cannot and does not teach anything to stultify our reason. When any man, or set of men, asks you to believe anything contrary to reason you have a right to tell them that they lie and to refuse to believe them. Two or three hun dred years ago 8 solemn conclave of Dominican monks thought that Galileo's doctrine of the solar system was contrary to the plain teachings of scriptures. They would not look through his telescope, but con d-mned him as heretic. I suppose that if those monks were alive to-day they would admit that they made mistake, but would still claim that they were right in condemn ing him because he was too defiant in his statements and because he was interfering in their theology. I think that they interfered with Galileo's astronomy. It is almost al ways the same way with truth, especially great public truths. The same people for whom Christ raised the dead and whom he fed with loaves and fishes stoned him and finally crueifed him."
 With this introduction the speaker explained the system of land tenure advocated by him self and Mir. Henry George. Beginning with description of the landlord and tenants in Ireland, the lecturer explained the meaning of "wages," ''rent," ''rack-rent' and other terms used in the study of political economy and neces ary for complete understanding of his doctrine. 'fWe need" said he, Gall the necessities of rational animals-land ani- mals. These bodies of ours require daily re- .neWing from the earth, for we live on the